Various newspaper articles, editorials, cartoons, and letters to the editor from the past that may interest others.
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Monday, February 28, 2011

Non-Existent Planet “Discovered” in 1931

The 7 July 1931 issue of California’s Modesto Bee carried an AP story reporting that a Japanese observatory claimed to have discovered a new planetoid larger than the Earth itself. Since then, a number of significant bodies in the solar system have been discovered and Pluto was dethroned as a full planet, but the Japanese discovery turned out not to exist. The full newspaper is available on Google News.

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For my research I read many old newspapers. I often find items that may interest others. As I come across such items, they will appear here. Should you have a favorite old newspaper story, send it my way and I’ll add it if it strikes my fancy.